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Not Quite Ready

Not Quite Ready

[caption id="attachment_1207" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="The tradition we kept - Christmas Eve dinner and new jammies at Poppy's house"][/caption] Here it is, January 6th and the tree is still up. The kids’ new toys are still scattered around the living room. I know I should put the mess away, take down the ...

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New Year, Clean Slate

New Year, Clean Slate

Happy New Year! There’s something so refreshing about putting up a fresh, new calendar…a blank slate, wide open for new adventures, unending possibilities of what the New Year could become.  Even though 2011 was an amazing year for me, with fabulous experiences that outweighed the drama, I was excited to ...

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Have A Safe Halloween

Have A Safe Halloween

Happy Halloween! We hope that you and your trick or treaters have a safe night out! Please remember that Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving this (and every) evening, so be sure to designate a driver if you are attending a party or event where alcohol is being served. If you're holding ...

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Child Passenger Safety Week - Seat Check Saturday

Child Passenger Safety Week - Seat Check Saturday

While my boys are all out of car seats and into boosters (and old enough to drive, as the case may be), child passenger safety is always an important subject to me. Though we're past the days of the LATCH system and the five-point harness and into the phase of ...

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We're Spending a Day Out with Thomas!

We're Spending a Day Out with Thomas!

It’s been a bit since I’ve posted about our fascination with trains in this house. Our toy bins are still overflowing with our wheeled friends and just last night, I rolled over to find a couple of engines sharing my bed. Trains have held my boys attention and been a ...

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Embracing My Not-”Normal” Life

October 3, 2010

Saturday. If you’re one of the “normal” people with a 9-5, Monday through Friday job, it’s day one of the weekend. For parents, it’s usually filled with birthday parties, soccer games or one of a million other activities that our kids are involved in. But for families like ours, it’s THE day off. I know, [...]

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Back to School Fun from RoseArt & Board Dudes

September 20, 2010

Our Fill The Backpack campaign is coming to an end, but many of the goodies inside will be tons of fun throughout the year. As hubby spent a couple of years at the Art Institute after high school, anything in the realm of art supplies are always a big hit around here. The fun items [...]

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Leapfrog Leapster Exporer and Tag Reader

September 19, 2010

We had loads of fabulous companies donate their products for our Fill The Backpack campaign. I will have to say that one of my favorites would be the products that we received from LeapFrog. I have reviewed products from the Leap Frog lines before and once again, they have produced happy kids and a happy [...]

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Bubble, Bubble…

September 15, 2010

Just a small glimpse into my day, to show to the world exactly why I’m constantly busy…and slowly losing my sanity. Just a few minutes ago, I was sitting at my desk, trying to finish up some work for a client. It was quieter than usual and I was trying to hurry and finish before [...]

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Marmaduke on DVD and Fill The Backpack Giveaway #2

September 15, 2010

One of my favorite memories as a child was reading the comic strips in the Sunday paper with my grandfather, grandmother, dad or whoever else I could sucker into getting into a chair for some snuggling and giggling. Marmaduke was always a hit. Every week, that big, lumbering Great Dane would find himself in another [...]

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VolunteerSpot Simplifies Volunteerism

September 1, 2010

Today I get to share with you a bit about one of our amazing partners in the Fill The Backpack campaign. VolunteerSpot is a company dedicated to simplifying the volunteering process and making the experience more enjoyable and productive. As a former Room Mom, I know just how difficult it can be to organize volunteers [...]

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Classwish.org and Fill The Backpack Giveaway #1- CLOSED

September 1, 2010

Remember how I told you I was part of a really fun project that could make two of my readers a big winner? Well, it’s time for one of you to get your chance! One of our partners in the Fill The Backpack program is Classwish.org – a wonderful non-profit, dedicated to helping teachers fill [...]

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Welcome to Fill The Backpack

August 16, 2010

If you haven’t been avoiding the calendar like the plague, I’m sure you’re well aware that Back to School is just around the corner or might even have hit you like a ton of bricks already. While we still have a few weeks of summer left around here, back to school prep is in full [...]

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The Sweetest Things

July 29, 2010

You know those moments when your kids say things that just rip your heartstrings from your chest and turn you into a puddle of mush? Yeah…we had that over here a couple of days ago. On Monday, thanks to the insistence of an amazing friend, I escaped the house with the kids for the day. [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Beach Fun

July 28, 2010

My kids really do get along on occasion…

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